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I am the Mad Mortgage Machine. I have an opinion and I am going to share it. I no longer do mortgages, but I am still very much involved in the Real Estate and Mortgage world as a speaker, trainer, consultant, teaching how to get more listings and how to sell them quicker
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I sat down with some friends (colleagues, mentors, knights of the Round table) and we worked on a list of blunder that you can commit in 2009.  We thought long and hard and we finally did the "10 Huge Blunders in 2009" Take a look at them and see if you committed any of them in 2008.  I know I di...
01/19/2009
Looking Past the Headlines I have preached and preached about the negative news that we get, but they are still up to it and it still makes me mad as a hornet.  In the latest, Mad Mortgage Machine blog and videocast, I go off on the papers a little as they expound and do not give the whole storie...
01/16/2009
After a weak holiday shopping season, annual retail sales declined in 2008.  I know we did a smaller Christmas in our family and extended family   It is the first time annual Retail Sales declined since the government started tracking the data some 40-odd years ago. It also gives nod to the notio...
01/15/2009
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On Monday, I said... I had no idea that he would affect the oil markets.  I know gas pricing is affected by what is going on with Israel and Gaza and we all know that if Canada launched missles at the US.  We would tear thema new one.  Why can’t Israel do it.But, I digress,  as Big Ben spoke, he ...
01/14/2009
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I have often touted the benefit of Indiana home ownership is the tax benefits. Now, I am not a tax professional. Please consult a local tax professional. Since, the IRS makes it difficult to understand how the benefits actually work. Indiana Homeowners have two related tax deductions: 1. annual m...
01/14/2009
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  I just got this in an email.  Not the greatest news for Cigar smokers, but better than the alternative. I think I would have quit smoking at a $10 per cigar tax.  No, I would have quit.  I think everyone else would have quit and so this would not even be a tax as no one would partake in the ple...
01/14/2009
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  Everything we buy is based on Supply and Demand, oil, cars, food, hdtv and even Real Estate. * If demand outweighs supply, home prices rise (think 2002-2007) * If supply outweighs demand, home prices fall (think last year) So, it was good news for sellers last month that the inventory of “used”...
01/13/2009
In the first full week of 2009 the mortgage backed bond market have traded back-and-forth in a seemingly never ending tug of war and eventually closed the week improved overall. The weekly mortgage rates have fallen for the first time since mid-December. The big news of last week was the Friday’s...
01/12/2009
Even though the effective date is April 1, 2009.  There must be something going on for April Fools Day, like why are these guys still around and hte joke is on us. But, mortgage applicants will start seeing Fannie Mae’s new fee structure (is you are going to take it in the shorts) from lenders Mo...
01/10/2009
Last year and at the start of this year there were a lot of changes in the mortgage industry.  New rules, new regulations and so on.  It is taking a lot of people by surprise.   I know cause of the calls coming into me this week for people were wanting to be pre-approved to buy a new Indiana hous...
01/10/2009
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